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100 BÀI OPEN CLOZE TEXT (DẠNG 10 CÂU) TỦ CHUYÊN/ HSG ANH 1 1. CHESS TOURNAMENT All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock – that is two clocks joined together. When one player make his move, he presses a button which stops his clock and starts his opponent’s clock. (1) ____________ fails to keep up the time limit, no (2) ____________ what the position on the board, loses the game. Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sessions of play of (3) ____________ to twelve hours a day are very strenuous and result in fatigue and time troubles. The play is quite sharp. Active, attacking chess is the (4) ____________ of the day and it is difficult to maintain a sustained, precise defence (5) ____________ such play. A score of the game must be (6) ____________ as play goes on. Each move is written down on a score sheet, which has to be handed to the tournament officials in the end of each round. The only thought in everybody’s head is to win. Talent and youth – that’s (7) ____________ is needed for success at chess, (8) ____________ the emphasis on youth. Some approach the board with a slow, purposeless manner (9) ____________ giving you a second glance – you simply don’t count. They seem to imply that the outcome is (10) ____________ foregone conclusion for them; you only have to accept them with good grace. 2. Early civilisations, as (1) ____________ to merely primitive early societies, seem to have a common positive characteristic in that they change human (2) ____________ of things. They bring together the cooperative efforts of large number of people, usually bringing them together physically in large agglomerations. Civilisation is usually marked by urbanisation. It would be a bold individual that was willing to draw a precise (3) ____________ at the moment when the balance tipped (4) ____________ a dense pattern of agricultural villages clustered (5) ____________ a religious centre or a market to reveal the first true city. However, it is perfectly reasonable to say that more than any (6) ____________ institution has provided the critical mass which produces civilisation. Inside the city, the surpluses of wealth produced by agriculture made possible other things (7) ____________ of civilised life. They provided for the upkeep of a priestly (8) ____________ which elaborated a complex religious structure, leading to the construction of great buildings (9) ____________ more than merely economic functions, and in due (10) ____________ to the writing down of literature. 3. It is said that we never stop learning until the day we die. Broadening our horizons has never been

100 BÀI OPEN CLOZE TEXT (DẠNG 10 CÂU) TỦ CHUYÊN/ HSG ANH 3 (2) ____________ the part of the teachers, with high educational standards, and the children, even those who are (3) ____________ from being socially privileged in other ways, seem eager and happy. (4) ____________, by the time the children (5) ____________ adolescence, the promise of the early years frequently remains unfulfilled. Many leave school (6) ____________ having mastered those basic skills which society demands, let alone having developed the ability to exercise any sort of creative intelligence. There is no denying that, in spite of the enlightened concern of our primary schools with happiness, schooling (7) ____________ or other turns into a distinctly unhappy experience for many of our children. Large numbers of them who emerge from it are well aware that they are ill-equipped for life in our society. So then they either regard (8) ____________ as stupid for failing or else, quite understandably, they regard the activities at (9) ____________ they have failed as stupid. In any event they want no (10) ____________ of them. How can we justify a long period of compulsory education which ends like that? 6. Enjoy the benefits of stress! Are you looking forward to another busy week? You should be according to some experts. They argue that the stress encountered in our daily lives is not only good for us, but essential to survival. They say that the response to stress, (1) ____________ creates a chemical called adrenalin, helps the mind and (2) ____________ to act quickly in emergencies. Animals and human beings use it to meet the hostile conditions which exist on the planet. Whilst nobody denies the pressures of everyday life, what is surprising is that we are yet to develop successful ways of dealing (3) ____________ them. Even the experts consider the current strategies to be inadequate and often dangerous. They believe that (4) ____________ of trying to manage our response to stress with drugs or relaxation techniques, we must exploit it. Apparently, research shows that people who create conditions of stress for (5) ____________ by doing exciting and risky sports or looking for challenges, cope (6) ____________ better with life's problems. Activities of this type have been shown to create a lot of emotion; people may actually cry or feel extremely uncomfortable. But there is a point (7) ____________ which they realize they have succeeded and know that it was a positive experience. This is because we learn through challenges and difficulties. That's how we get our wisdom. (8) ____________ of us, unfortunately, understand this fact. For example, many people believe they (9) ____________ from stress at work, and take time off as a result. Yet it has been found in some companies that by far (10) ____________ healthiest people are those with the most responsibility. So next time you're in a stressful situation, just remember that it will be a positive learning experience and could also benefit your health! 7.
100 BÀI OPEN CLOZE TEXT (DẠNG 10 CÂU) TỦ CHUYÊN/ HSG ANH 4 Urbanization has been a constant (1) ____________ in human development for the past ten thousand years. (2) ____________ there has always been the necessity for a minimum - sometimes a very substantial minimum - of the (3) ____________ to work the land, such surplus individuals as can be sustained have tended to gather in cities. Two thousand years ago, the cities of antiquity formed an administrative (4) ____________ for the surrounding area, and a refuge from attack. In the Middle Ages, it was the city folk (5) ____________ were the first to break the stultifying grip of feudalism, and it was in the cities of Northern Italy that the phenomenon of the Renaissance was (6) ____________. Today only a fraction of mankind lives in the country, and the (7) ____________ which does so is decreasing. Mega-cities with populations exceeding ten million are common, and they will become even (8) ____________ in the coming decades. While many (9) ____________ of city life are unattractive- pollution, stress, and separation from (10) ____________ to name but a few - more and more of humanity seems to be choosing an urban existence. Adjusting to this fact is going to be one of the major challenges of the coming century. 8. The number of people in Britain receiving a new diagnosis of (1) ____________ such as asthma, eczema and hay fever is increasing by five percent every year. (2) ____________ is some evidence to show that Britain’s obsession with rules and regulations to ensure cleanliness in the home, supermarket and workplace is reflected in the number of allergy sufferers. One theory is (3) ____________ we have far less (4) ____________ to dirt and germs during child hood than we used to have, so our bodies do not have the opportunity to develop resistance to allergens. While we may (5) ____________ down on the unhygienic to food and general living which people had in the (6) ____________, there are some lessons we could learn today by maybe being a bit (7) ____________ cautious. (8) ____________ would dispute the importance of medical advances. These include vaccinations given routinely to children which have revolutionized our lives by providing immunity to some life- threatening (9) ____________. There is, however, some controversy over whether they actually weaken our immune (10) ____________ and are being given unnecessarily for diseases which are not dangerous. 9. Anyone who has (1) ____________ been to a yoga or meditation class will know the enormous benefits of something as simple and natural as breathing. Inhale slowly and steadily, and you can relax your entire body. Stop and focus on the flow of (2) ____________ breath you take in and out, and you can quieten and focus your mind. In (3) ____________, positive breathing will help you feel calmer, bring down your